cheap bikes in Reno???

kiddo · Post by **kiddo** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:34 am

Where is there in Reno to buy used bikes for cheap?

bdongray · Post by **bdongray** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:55 pm

kiddo wrote:Where is there in Reno to buy used bikes for cheap?

In 2002 when I took a plane trip to Reno (and rented a car to get to BRC), I went around the various neighborhoods looking for garage sales, and only 1 had a bicycle, wanting $20. I knew I could get a <b>brand new</b> childs bike for $30 at Target (or was in Walmart), so that's what I got, and a cheap plastic crate and duct tape to hold it to the front. It all worked really well.

On Sunday night I was at the duck club, and a lamplighter took me up on the offer to have it (I dropped it off as I left Monday morning), as she had no bike but was doing cleanup for the next 2 weeks. She was sharing with 3 or 4 others using a golfcart to get around to the far off places (like the Duck).

Pity nobody is allowed a golfcart any more

Fat SAM · Post by **Fat SAM** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:50 pm

The place to go is the El Rancho Swap meet. You need to get there early saturday morning for the best stuff - there's less on sunday and there will probably be a gang of local burners there looking for bikes, so get in early. We got our bikes there for $5 a piece, but that was some months ago. The vendors, at least, probably will not be keen top your need, so they won't try to jack you on the price...

Here's a mapquest on how to get there from Truckee.

http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main ... e-cdbcf388

Good hunting.

kiddo · Post by **kiddo** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:49 pm

Thanks, I got a sweet Peugeot. Right on.

Fat SAM · Post by **Fat SAM** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 8:44 pm

Way to go!

calsur · Post by **calsur** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 2:17 am

Got my bike today in SoCal at the Salvation Army store for $19.50. YMMV

bdongray · Post by **bdongray** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 2:06 pm

calsur wrote:Got my bike today in SoCal at the Salvation Army store for $19.50. YMMV

I was in my local (Hopkins, MN) Goodwill store, and there were quite a few good bikes for around $15. Go checkout your Goodwill stores (if you have one), you may have a similar experience.

I don't see a Goodwill in Reno (according to online phone search), but if there was, it maybe out of bikes already bought by many burners showing up.

cheap bikes in Reno???

cheap bikes in Reno???

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